A revision of the bee genus Augochlora Smith (Hymenoptera; Apoidea) in Southern South America
Author
Lepeco, Anderson
Author
Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-24
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Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) iphigenia
Holmberg, 1886
(
Figures 46
A–D; 47A–D; 51L)
Augochlora iphigenia
Holmberg, 1886: 179
,
lectotype
,
♀
(MACN) from
Argentina
,
Buenos Aires
,
La Tinta. Designation
by
Dalmazzo & Roig-Alsina (2011)
. Not examined.
Oxystoglossa semiramis
Schrottky, 1910: 78
,
holotype
,
♀
(MZSP) from
Brazil
,
São Paulo
.
Synonymy
by
Dalmazzo
&
Roig-Alsina
(2011).
Examined
.
Halictus brochidens
Vachal, 1911: 22
,
lectotype
,
♀
(MNHP) from
Argentina
,
Buenos Aires
. Designation by
Sakagami & Moure (1965)
. Synonym by
Dalmazzo & Roig-Alsina (2011)
. Examined through photographs.
Diagnosis.
This species is unique among the southern South American species in having a well-developed tooth anteriorly on the hypostomal carina. From
A. mendax
sp. nov.
it can be separated also by the lack of a tuberculate elevation on S1 of females and clypeus apex without yellowish band on males. This species presents a strong pattern of head polymorphism on females, firstly observed by
Sakagami & Moure (1965)
.
Comments.
For species description and comments on the
lectotype
of
A. iphigenia
see
Dalmazzo & Roig-Alsina (2011)
. Nests were studied by
Sakagami & Moure (1967)
. For comments on head polymorphism of females see
Sakagami & Moure (1965)
.
Distribution.
This is a commonly collected species in Southern South America, occurring in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and S„o Paulo. In
Argentina
the species occurs in the provinces of
Buenos Aires
,
Chaco
, Córdoba,
Entre Ríos
, Misiones,
Salta
,
San Luis
, and
Santa Fé
. There are also records in
Paraguay
and
Uruguay
.